Synonyms for far-fetched
far-fetched

Princeton's WordNet

1. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

   (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing

   "a farfetched excuse"

2. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

   (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable

   "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked"

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1. far-fetchedadjective

   Synonyms:
   forced, strained, catachrestic

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1. List of paraphrases for "far-fetched":

   exaggerated, implausible, twisted

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1. Donald Trump:

   Id much rather have you ask Rod Rosenstein that question, it sounds a little bit far-fetched, frankly, but a lot of things in this case are far-fetched.

2. Geoffrey Kabat:

   What the public wants to know is: What are the agents in our surroundings that are likely to have palpable effects on our health? Not theoretical exposures which might, under some far-fetched conditions, possibly have an effect.

3. John Baur:

   One of the reasons Rousseff was so unpopular was because she was slowly starting to make some of the changes that needed to be made, with many of the same people still around, big change in Brazil seems far-fetched.

4. Tracey Lomax:

   At that time, it was kind of far-fetched. We heard it, but we didn’t act on it, i’m not going to say it was hard to believe, but it just didn’t apply to us at the time because my sister was at home with us.

5. Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday:

   It is so far-fetched, it's so ridiculous, honestly, I wish I had that power. I'd love to have that power.